Sam wanted pictures of Bernard and my new shelf (from Ikea, called "Billy") so I chased Bernard around with my camera after my nap today (also I tried texting a picture to you but I'm not sure if it went through because I do not mix with cell phones very well).















And now for pictures of "Billy"! A couple months ago Mom and I went to Ikea (omg love that place so much) in search of a desk chair and a shelf and for some amazing Swedish shopping schenanigans. We had the most amazing cheap breakfast EVER and bought the desk chair my patootie is currently chilling on as well as this shelf called "Billy" (No, seriously. It's on the box.).





I had to move a few things on that wall around, like my ELVIS calendar and Hogwarts scroll.













Sam says I should paint it but after all of the trouble of hanging the damn thing I think that can wait for a few months.

Right now I'm watching Freddy again. He's getting so old, he can't walk nearly as far as he used to. I saw him today and just kept thinking about when I first met Catherine (and when I still called her Birdie) and Johnny. I remember sleeping over there one night and being woken up to a Freddy!Attack. And Cinna was wagging her tail right outside Birdie's room. When I first started watching him, he used to drag me down the street, and I wouldn't be able to keep up with him on walks. Today when I stopped by, he just came and stood and leaned against my legs. It's so weird to think about how much time has past since I first met the whole Hatch family. I miss my violin lessons with Rosemary, and I miss having awkward dinner conversations that were interrupted by Dick's magic tricks. I don't even know what Birdie and Johnny are up to anymore. Time moves so quickly sometimes. We were still living in our big house when I first met them. I hadn't realized just how long ago that was until Freddy cameup and leaned against me tonight. I miss the simplicity of being a kid.

In other news, the lady that was supposed to interview me this week had to leave town for a family emergency. She doesn't think she'll be back for another two weeks, but says that if I'm still interested she'll see me the moment she gets back. I'm just so bummed out because I was looking so forward to starting work with that company. This is the longest I've ever been unemployed since I was sixteen. I don't know what to do when I'm not working and I don't like not having the money to buy groceries or pay my portion of the bills. I know it's something I've whined about in the past, having to shoulder that financial responsibility while many of my peers just coast through life on their parents' pocket books, but I really loved knowing that I was capable of handling myself, of taking care of business. Now I feel like I'm moving backward. I feel useless.

BAH. Enough being all down and out! Beth's coming over on Wednesday and I am going to make her breakfast. I'm thinking muffins and bacon and eggs with some coffee and possibly some other stuff. I have to see what we have. BETH BRING YOUR LAPTOP. We are going to have a great music exchange of epic proportions. Ooooh....maybe waffles?

I checked the Superpet website, and I should be able to get some replacement parts for Pixel's cage for a very cheap price. I'm soooo glad because I dropped some pieces while I was washing it last and I don't know how much longer her cage will hold up with them being broken. I can't wait until I have a good job so I can pimp out her wee little house. That uppity bitch is going to have the bangingest cage by the time I'm done with her.